Wikimedia Ukraine
Location	Ukraine
Affiliate code	WMUA
Country code	UA
Founding date	July 13, 2009
Approval date	July 3, 2009
Main office	01001,Kyiv, Kniaziv Ostrozkykh St. 2 (de-facto) 01010,Kyiv, Levandovska St. 3-V (official)
Membership	64
Staff	7
Official language(s)	Ukrainian
Chair	Ilya Korniyko
Key people	Bohdan Melnychuk (secretary) Mykola Kozlenko (treasurer) Anton Obozhyn (deputy chair) Anton Protsiuk (chief manager)
Incorporation paper	Statute
Budget	$118,085 (2021)
Affiliations	Wikimedia Central and Eastern Europe Wikimedia Europe
Phone number	+380 67 343 74 34
Website	https://ua.wikimedia.org/
E-mail address	infowikimedia.org.ua(general) boardwikimedia.org.ua
Mailing list	wikimediaualists.wikimedia.org
Twitter	Wikimedia Ukraine
Facebook	Wikimedia Ukraine
Instagram	Wikimedia Ukraine

Wikimedia Ukraine is a regional chapter of Wikimedia Foundation in Ukraine. The Chapter was created on May 31, 2009. On this day the First Annual Meeting was held and the Board was elected.

On July 3, 2009 WMF approved Wikimedia Ukraine as its regional chapter.

On July 13, 2009 Wikimedia Ukraine got a certificate registering it as an organization from theMinistry of Justice of Ukraine.

The field of activities of Wikimedia Ukraine is divided into four general directions:

• Content enrichment which includes projects aimed at new information being added to Wikipedia and related projects, such as article contests (like CEE Spring, Woman in STEM) or photographs contests (like Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Monuments, Science photo competition) which bring thousands of new articles to Ukrainian Wikipedia and thousands of new photos to Wikimedia Commons every year, as well as collaboration with GLAM institutions. Wikimedia Ukraine is in charge of organizing the international part of Wiki Loves Earth.
• Enlargement of participation aimed at bringing more people into Wikipedia and related projects, with the biggest project being the Educational program which attracts school and college students to editing. The other big project is the annual Wikimarathon when every Ukrainian is invited to make a contribution to Ukrainian Wikipedia, either by coming to one of numerous wikitrainings at different locations in Ukraine and abroad or by doing it online.
• Community support and development which focuses on making the community of Ukrainian wikipedians more connected and skilled. Wikimedia Ukraine organizes many meetings for members of the community, most notably the annual Wikiconference which brings together more than 60 wikipedians from all over the country and abroad, enabling them to discuss current issues, share their skills, get more knowledge about wikiprojects and to know each other better. Other meeting are the Annual General Meetings of the organization, occasional training for volunteers (editings trainings for newcomers, trainings for trainers, technical trainings, hackathons, strategy sessions, governance trainings etc). Organizations gives grants to volunteers for attending international Wikimedia events (such as Wikimania, Wikimedia CEE Meeting or Wikihackaton) and for expenses aimed at adding content to Wikipedia or related projects (most often for wikiexpeditions and to buy books needed as sources).
• Awareness about Wikimedia and promotion of free knowledge with a goal of as many people as possible becoming aware about Wikimedia movement and its purpose and a goal of removing obstacles to development and circulation of free knowledge. Members of the organization often give interviews to media, explaining how Wikipedia works and what is Wikimedia movement. The biggest challenge the organization has in this field is that unlike many other European states, Ukraine does not have the freedom of panorama yet, which is a giant barrier to free knowledge. Wikimedia Ukraine advocates legislative amendments which would implement freedom of panorama in Ukraine.

Any person who reached the age of 14 and who participates in at least one Wikimedia project can apply to become a member of Wikimedia Ukraine. If the Board after public discussion approves the membership, the applicant becomes a member of organization immediately after paying the first annual membership fee, which currently is 100 UAH (approximately 2.5 USD). As of October 2024, the organization has 64 members.

Functioning of the organization is regulated by theStatute. The main governing body in Wikimedia Ukraine is Annual General Meeting, which meets once in a year, make plans for the next year, elects the Board and Audit Committee. The Board consists of seven people. They appoint among themselves a secretary, a treasurer, a responsible member for each of four directions of activity and a chair, who is also the head of whole organization. The Board runs the organization during the year between Annual General Meetings. The Audit Committee oversees the actions of the Board and issues recommendations to them. All of the above-mentioned and the press-secretary are volunteers. A big part of operations are carried out by the employees and contractors, of whom there are currently seven (including part-time employees & contractors).

Wikimedia Ukraine Board usually comprises of 7 people: a chairperson, a secretary, a treasurer and Board members responsible for each of the four principal fields of activity.

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  Ilya Korniyko
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  Bohdan Melnychuk
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  Mykola Kozlenko
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  Valentyn Nefedov
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  Anton Obozhyn
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  Mariana Senkiv
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  Vyacheslav Mamon

The Board, elected by AGM on September 29, 2024, is:

1. Ilya Korniyko (chair)
2. Bohdan Melnychuk (vice chair, secretary)
3. Mykola Kozlenko (vice chair, treasurer)
4. Anton Obozhyn (vice chair)
5. Valentyn Nefedov
6. Mariana Senkiv
7. Vyacheslav Mamon

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1. Anatolii Honcharov
2. Maryna Liutynska
3. Serhii Petrov

• Olga Milianovych

• Anton Protsiuk (programs coordinator)
• Iryna Boiko (communications manager)
• Olena Vinsent (manager for the "Increasing participation" direction / education program manager)
• Olesia Lukaniuk (project manager for the internationalWiki Loves Earth &Heritage Guard Network)
• Daryna Vozniuk (WLM in Ukraine manager)

• Olena Hashynska (office manager)
• Olena Muzychenko (accountant)

Board

boardwikimedia.org.ua

infowikimedia.org.ua

Mailing list (public)

wikimediaualists.wikimedia.org

Web Site

ua.wikimedia.org

Interwiki prefix:wmua:

Blog

blog.wikimedia.org.ua

• Full list of members
• Bylaws
  • in Ukrainian
  • An English-language version is not available yet

• 2023:full report in Ukrainian •highlights in English
• 2022:full report in Ukrainian •highlights in English
• APG Grant report 2021
• APG Grant report 2020
• APG Grant report 2019
• APG Grant report 2018
• APG Grant report 2017
• APG Grant report 2016
• Board report for 2019 (in Ukrainian)
• Organization report for 2019 (in Ukrainian)
• Financial report for 2019 (in Ukrainian)
• Audit Committee report for 2019 (in Ukrainian)
• Annual 2015 (PDF, Ukrainian & English)
• Board report 2014 andFinancial report 2014 (in Ukrainian)
• Annual 2013 (PDF, Ukrainian & English)
• Annual 2012 (PDF, Ukrainian & English)

• Wikimedia Ukraine
• Wikimedia affiliates in good standing
• Annual report submitted